Malala: The phoenix of Pakistan
By Venuri Gangodawila Are you a fan of autobiographies? Then I guess that the autobiography, “I am Malala” should be…
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Googling Sri Lanka today
By Rohantha Athukorala The other day I received a call from Germany from the Sri Lankan Tourism team attending the…
Don’t Cry For Me Sri Lanka
By Suranimala Umagiliya “We are what we do repeatedly. Excellency, therefore is not an act but a habit” Oh what…
How to Prevent Next Emergency in Sri Lanka?
By N.S.Venkataraman After several years of ethnic strife and civil war and decisively defeating the separatists, it was thought that…
Education and VTEC allocations must target youth unemployment
By Dinesh Weerakkody Many entrepreneurs say the skills shortage is starting to bite as businesses are struggling to find workers…
Northern poverty and poor health reduced by lessons from wartime foraging
By Jekhan Aruliah The British author Charles Dickens created a character, Mr.Micawber, who was permanently in debt. Translated into a…
WAY FORWARD – AMIDSTS CONFUSIONS!
By Tennekone Rusiripala Threatening ‘Radical restructuring’ programs following the last LG elections debacle experienced by the government appears to be…
Survival PLOYS and STRATEGEM assuming national proportions
By T.Rusiripala Last LG elections has become a strategic watershed for the continuation of the National Government. Awaken from a…
STATE BANKS AND GOOD GOVERNANCE…….
By T. Rusiripala One of the main conditions attached to the economic reforms package recommended by the IMF for the…
Dog gone: United Airlines mistakenly flies family German shepherd to Japan
The cargo of bars of concentrated ore used to transport the precious metals weighed 9.3 tonnes. “As it gathered height,…